Surveillance of guideline practices for duodenoscope and linear echoendoscope reprocessing in a large healthcare system

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 392-399.e3

  Brandabur, Jack J ^a   Leggett, James E ^a   Wang, Lian ^a   Bartles, Rebecca L ^a   Baxter, Lynda ^a   Diaz, George A ^a   Grunkemeier, Gary L ^a   Hove, Shannan ^a   Oethinger, Margret ^a  

^a Family Medicine Northpointe   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSING; DISINFECTION; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; DUODENOSCOPE; ECHOENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERILIZER; ULTRASOUND; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; DUODENOSCOPES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84992331725     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.03.1480     Document Type: Article

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